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      11-06-2013, 12:31 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Lucky13 View Post
That's your opinion but doesn't make it a fact. Every car magazine that has tested a 3 series with the N20 have been extremely impressed with the performance. It smokes a Caddy ATS with their 4 cyl turbo and in fact was as fast as their 3.6 in some tests. Just because the sound doesn't sound like a Ferari is meaningless. I have the N20 in an X1 and it flys and greatly outperforms the NA 3.0 BMW made for years which I owned several times. Not everyone wants a N55. I have a N54 in a 3 series and I'm impressed with the N20.
it may be fine for an X1....it's not fine for a small BMW coupe.
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